Online musings from the newsroom and beyond . . . by Yoni Greenbaum

Magazines: My dirty little secret

It struck me while I was cleaning my apartment recently that, for someone who works in the newspaper industry, I subscribe to a lot of magazines. Not only do I get them in the mail, but I actually read them. And I don’t just glance through them, I read them cover to cover. As I remarked to a colleague, I have a hard time refusing a good deal on a magazine subscription.

I’ve cut way back over the years. I used to receive a lot more, but I realized they were becoming dust collectors and Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-like piles around our living room, so I let a lot of subscriptions expire. I no longer even open professional rate offers anymore, so I may fully resist the temptation to subscribe.

I’m an avid reader of Bitch, Bust, Heeb, figure, Utne Reader, Ms., Newsweek, Missbehave, Tricycle, Curve Magazine, and Nylon. I’m a magazine and blogoholic; one day I’ll live in a cramped apartment with old magazines stacked to the ceiling. They’ll fall on me, and my cats will eat me.

@Yoni – Sunset is a travel magazine that focuses on the American West.

@Wendy – Damn, woman. Can I just come hang out with you sometime?

Everyone should check out Brijit, which is a new digest of 100 major print, online and broadcast magazines. You can scan content quickly, then click through to only those articles or publications you want to read. Saves time, money and the agony of deciding which magazines you really want to subscribe to.

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I tried this once already, hopefully I can get this to work.
I currently subscribe to Harper’s, CJR, the Sunday New York Times magazine (and book review). In recent years, I let my subscriptions to Atlantic Monthly, Business Week and the New Yorker lapse. I regret not having the time or money to keep up my Economist subscription.
Other airplane favorites: Four Four Two, Wired and Us Weekly.
Old school favorites: Raygun, Big Brother (the progenitors of Jackass), Thrasher and Maximum Rock & Roll.